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CHARLTON, St Luke

Photo DLC 2001
8 bells and service bell
Tenor: 2-3-23
Grid Ref. TQ414778
Lewisham District
Frame: (2 girders) 1950s Mears & Stainbank
Retuning: Never subsequently retuned
Ellacombe chime.
Chimed from the first floor.

DETAILS OF THE BELLS
Bell Weight Diameter Cast Founder

1

0-2-21

14"

1999

Whitechapel

2

0-3-3

145/8"

1999

Whitechapel

3

0-3-21

153/4"

1999

Whitechapel

4

1-0-21

171/4"

1999

Whitechapel

5

1-2-6

19"

1999

Whitechapel

6

1-3-1

20"

1999

Whitechapel
7 2-1-6 22" 1999 Whitechapel
8 2-3-23 241/4" 1999 Whitechapel
Service Bell 4½ cwt approx. 28" 1818 Thomas Mears II

INSCRIPTIONS
1. RICHARD
2. PAUL
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3. LUKE
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4. PERCEVAL
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5. RES NON VERBA
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6. WILSON
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7. MARYON
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8. (border)
THIS CHIME
WAS GIVEN BY
THE VISCOUNT GOUGH
PATRON
A.D. 2000

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WHITECHAPEL
S. JOSEPH COOPER FARMER FLOYD CHURCH WARDENS 1818
T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT

The names "Richard" and "Paul" on the trebles are incised.

Significance of the names:

1. One of the daughter churches.
2. The destroyed church of St Paul (1940).
3. The Parish Church.
4. The Rt Hon Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister and member of the church, murdered in 1812.
5. The Gough Motto ("Things, not words")
6. and 7. The Maryon Wilson family, Squires of Charlton.

THE FORMER RING OF 3 (according to Stahlschmidt)

Bell

Weight

Diameter

Cast

Founder

1

2 cwt approx.

 22½" 1685

Christopher Hodson
2 3 cwt approx. 24½" 1685 Christopher Hodson
3 4½ cwt approx. 28" 1818 Thomas Mears II
SANCTUS 14¼ 1713 Richard Phelps
1.
ABRHAM Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) WHELOR Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) CHVRCH Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) WARDEN  C H Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) MADE Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) ME Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) 1685
2.
CHRISTOPHER Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) HODSON Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) MADE Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) ME Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) 1685 Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) ABRM Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) WHELOR Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) C Diamond.gif (1312 bytes) WARDEN
3. JOSEPH COOPER FARMER FLOYD CHURCH WARDENS 1818
T MEARS OF LONDON FECIT
S. R : PHELPS FECIT 1713

HISTORY
1630 Present church and tower built.
1685 Treble and second cast by Christopher Hodson.
1713 Sanctus bell (re)cast by Richard Phelps.
1818 Tenor bell (present service bell) (re)cast by Thomas Mears II.

1887

Ring of 3 bells and Sanctus recorded by Stahlschmidt.
1940s Church damaged by bombing. The 2 trebles were stolen.
1950s Church restored. Sanctus bell scrapped and old frame removed. Tenor was hung on new headstock on girders.

1999

 The new chime of 8 was installed, hanging on the existing girders, being the gift of Lord Gough, the Patron of the Living to celebrate the Millennium.

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BELLS

Photo DLC 2001